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Iran: A Visionary Life to Remember
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Iran: A Visionary Life to Remember

Fariba Amini

then he got involved in the student movement. It was the height of the Vietnam war.

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Israel’s Desperate Quest to Erase the History of the Gaza Genocide

Israel’s Desperate Quest to Erase the History of the Gaza Genocide

11/13/2025 By Ramzy Baroud

Protesting Cancellation of Conference on “Palestine and Europe” at the Collège de France

Protesting Cancellation of Conference on “Palestine and Europe” at the Collège de France

11/13/2025 By Middle East Studies Association

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Parliament takes over in Modern Libya’s First Peaceful Transfer of Power

Parliament takes over in Modern Libya’s First Peaceful Transfer of Power

The UN observer sent to commemorate the event said it all. The peaceful transfer of power from the National Transitional Council to the newly elected […]

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Top Ten differences between White Terrorists and Others

Top Ten differences between White Terrorists and Others

1. White terrorists are called “gunmen.” What does that even mean? A person with a gun? Wouldn’t that be, like, everyone in the US? Other […]

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Hitchhiking Camels, Libya (Photo)

Hitchhiking Camels, Libya (Photo)

Photograph on road from Tripoli to Misrata, Libya, May, 2012, by Juan Cole

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In Memoriam Marvin Hamlisch:  "Nobody Does it Better" (Carly Simon Performance)

In Memoriam Marvin Hamlisch: “Nobody Does it Better” (Carly Simon Performance)

In Memoriam Marvin Hamlisch (1944-2012): Below, his “Nobody Does it Better,” theme of the 1977 Bond film, “The Spy Who Loved Me” and among the […]

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Syria:  The Battle for Aleppo Begins as Rebels Retreat

Syria: The Battle for Aleppo Begins as Rebels Retreat

The Baath government’s attack on East Aleppo, a rebel stronghold in the past couple of weeks, began Tuesday night, with an assault by advanced Russian-made […]

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The Real Hunger Games: Climate Change & Drought (Klare)

The Real Hunger Games: Climate Change & Drought (Klare)

Michael Klare writes at Tomdispatch: The Hunger Wars in Our Future Heat, Drought, Rising Food Costs, and Global Unrest The Great Drought of 2012 has […]

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Mount Sharp, Mars (Photo of the Day from Curiosity)

Mount Sharp, Mars (Photo of the Day from Curiosity)

NASA has released the first high-res picture of Mars received from Curiosity, showing Mount Sharp

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Top Ten Signs you Might be a Nazi Loser

Top Ten Signs you Might be a Nazi Loser

1. If you regularly pose proudly in front of a swastika flag, you might be a Nazi loser. 2. If you refer to “non-whites” as […]

Juan Cole

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Chinese telecoms giants are taking over the world. Should we be scared? (McClenaghan)

Chinese telecoms giants are taking over the world. Should we be scared? (McClenaghan)

Maeve McClenaghan writes at the Bureau of Investigative Journalism😐 Huawei is not yet a household name in the UK – for one thing, there is […]

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